arousal and anxiety Flashcards

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Chamberlain, S. T. & Hale, B. D. (2007) article-
- impact of different types of anxiety intensity, direction and self confidence

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  • Cognitive anxiety intensity, negative linear relationship with performance
  • somatic anxiety intensity, curvilinear relationship with performance
  • self-confidence intensity, positive linear relation.
  • Cognitive directional anxiety illustrated a positive linear relationship with putting performance.
  • direction (42% of variance) was a better predictor of performance than intensity (22%)
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what is arousal

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A state of activation that varies on a continuum from deep sleep to intense excitement

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what is anxiety

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Negative emotional state with feelings of nervousness & worry associated with the performance of a task

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what is trait anxiety

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  • general reelings of anxiety across all situations
  • A-trait
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what is state anxiety

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  • situation-specific apprehension/anxiety
  • A-state
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what is associated with high trait anxiety

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high state anxiety

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cognitive anxiety
- what is it
- examples

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  • The mental component of anxiety -
    – Worry
    – Negative thoughts
    – Feelings of nervousness or apprehension
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somatic anxiety
- what is it
- examples
- what is it dependent on
- what drugs can be taken to reduce it

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  • Perception of physical state
    – Increased respiration
    – Increased sweating
    – Increased heart rate
    – Physical nervousness (e.g., shaking, tense muscles)
  • perception as physiological changes arent always present or as intense as perceived
  • Beta blockers that reduce physiological effects
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difference between anxiety intensity and direction
- how elite and amateur players differ in anxiety

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  • intensity is how much anxiety one feels
  • direction is ones interpretation of anxiety as being facilitative or debilitating to performance
  • anxiety intensity similar but self confidence and direction of elite likely to be facilitative
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what is stress
- what causes it

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  • the Perceived demands of the situation and internal thoughts of ability to meet the demands
  • similar to anxiety
  • if performer thinks demand is higher than their ability so causes anxiety and stress
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what is the 4 step stress cycle

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1 - environmental demands
2- perception of demands
3- cognitive and somatic stress reaction
4- the performance produced

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drive theory
- what is it
- impact on different level performers

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  • higher arousal, higher likelihood of dominant response
  • higher skill level, higher likely correct dominant response, so high arousal would lead to dominant response
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inverted u theory
- what is it
- what can cause optimal arousal to vary

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  • Increased arousal improves performance up to a point, then further increases impair performance
  • vary from personality, skill level, task, sport
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individual zones of optimal functioning (IZOP)

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  • Each athlete has a zone/bandwidth of optimal anxiety in which they perform best - depend on skill, personality, level of performance
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multidimensional anxiety theory
- what does it distinguish the difference between and what is the difference

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  • cognitive and somatic anxiety
  • higher cognitive, lower performance
  • somatic is an inverted U
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catastrophe theory
- explain the graph

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  • performance increases with cognitive anxiety, until a point where cognitive anxiety and arousal are high and a rapid dramatic decline in performance occurs
  • athletes must regain control of arousal to recover performance to sub optimal
  • if not performance continues to fall
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control model of anxiety-
- what is it
- why is it different to other theories

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  • stress occurs, the perception of our ability to control the environment and ourselves determines the anxiety response
  • if think you can control and succeed, anxiety interpreted as facilitative
  • if don’t think you can control and succeed, anxiety interpreted as debilitative
  • considers anxiety direction which has been shown to be a better predictor of performance than intensity
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limitations of drive theory

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  • Too simplistic - cant explain…
    - why elite athletes sometimes choke under pressure
    - why novice athletes sometimes excel when under pressure or anxious conditions.
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limitations of inverted u

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  • Unlikely that performance decreases in a smooth declining arc as over-arousal more likely to lead to a vertical plummet, eg. lyth and speith
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limitations of individual zones of optimal functioning
- a real eg. proving this limitation

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  • doesnt explain the differences between athletes
  • doesn’t explain why the same athlete may have variations in performance at the same emotional intensity, eg. a pen in the same situation but a different outcome (Ronaldo)
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limitations of multidimensional anxiety theory

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  • assumes cognitive anxiety is always bad
  • assumes a smooth decline in performance, eg. lyth and speith
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limitations of catastrophe theory

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  • very difficult to test and research because its almost impossible to recreate the environment and feeling in research
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limitations of control model of anxiety

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  • Doesn’t explain the anxiety-performance relationship
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limitation of all theories

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All theories do not detail how anxiety and arousal impact/exert their effects on performance

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how can you measure arousal and anxiety

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  • questionnaires
  • changes in HR, respiration, skin temp, cortisol levels
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advantages and disadvantages of physiological measures

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  • can make direct comparisons
  • get quantifiable results
  • expensive
  • need training
  • not anxiety specific
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advantages and disadvantages of self report questionnaires

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  • cheap
  • easy
  • can distinguish between different types of anxiety
  • can include bias
  • hard to compare
  • scales can be limiting and misunderstood
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how arousal and anxiety can impact muscle tension and coordination

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  • cause soreness, pains
  • can reduce coordination
  • require more mental and muscular effort
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how arousal and anxiety can impact attention and concentration

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  • over narrow atention
  • force dominant response
  • can be good as increases focus on the task
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implications of Arousal and anxiety for Coaches and sport psychologists

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  • need to psych athletes up to optimal level (not always max)
  • need to know athletes’ sources of anxiety and try to help
  • create a positive team environment to reduce anxiety
  • get to know players and help with life problems which may impact performance an d anxiety
  • establish realistic goals
  • pre-performance routines
  • imagery and self talk (anxiety management techniques)
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what is panic disorder
- physical symptoms

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  • an anxiety disorder that causes acute unrealistic and unfounded fear and anxiety
  • short breath, dizziness, increased hr, sweating, faintness
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6 different anxiety scales

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  • Beck’s Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
    • Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
    • Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A)
    • Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
    • The Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9)
      • Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7) - shorter screening measures used in medical and community settings
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link between sedentary behaviour and anxiety and depression

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  • sed behav associated with anxiety and depression risk
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impact of pa on anxiety and depressive disorders

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  • high pa, reduced anxiety, panic attacks and depressive disorders
  • low pa, higher likelihood
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impact of exercise withdrawl

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anxiety, depressive symptoms, fatigue, low self esteem, general mood, and general well being

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should exercise be used as treatment for anxiety and depression

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  • is proved to be as good as treatment, not better so should be used alongside therapy for eg.
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what is depression

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state of extreme sadness and low vitality, often with physical symptoms

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ways to assess depression

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  • Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI)
    • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)
    • EQ-5D (>16 years: 8-15 years versions)
      • Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
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age-specific depression assessments

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  • Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI)
    • Children’s Depression Rating Scale
    • Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self-report (QIDS-SR)
    • PHQ-9
    • SF-36
    • Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
    • Life Satisfaction Index